Gonna try to finish HG Aegis tonight so I can top coat tomorrow. Then will piece together the Blitz now that it’s finally dried. Hopefully tomorrow is nice and dry and I can consider testing some paint for one of my other kits. View
After getting my lower wisdom teeth out this morning I had some free time to build the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka. It’s a pretty fun build with plenty of parts in the torso similar to the regular Nu Ver.Ka. Hopefully I’ll be able to get some more done tomorrow while I rest up.
Over my summer holiday so far I’ve finished the MG Sazabi Ver.Ka, MG Char’s Zaku II 2.0, and PG Unicorn + LED set.
Over all, I’d rate the PG Unicorn 11/10 and I’d build it…
Looks great! Thanks for posting a picture with the other scales of Unicorns. Currently still building mine, and I have to agree with you, it’s a really great and fun build. But the cleaning up and painting of all those parts…… Forgot how many pieces a PG has. I guess that’s what they call a selective memory. LOL
Hey guys! So im new to painting(hand painting btw) and was wondering with those acrylic paints(e.g. tamiya) do i apply the paint directly or do i have to mix it with paint thinner or water???
You can apply it directly, or thinned. Make sure that you use the right thinner though, as enamel thinner will cause acrylic to glob up. Acrylic paints you should be more and fine without thinning it out.
Hello there.
Firstly, Tamiya and other Alcohol based “acrylics” need to be thinned with alcohol or Tamiya X-20A.
Acrylics like Vallejo can be thinned down with water, but I suggest using distilled water or the thinning agent made by Vallejo. Some people even use Windex or any other Ammonia based cleaning agent for it.
And second, it all depends on…[Read more]
About the retarder. You dont have to use the same brand retarder as the paint. You can use general retarder for acrylic paints and it would work good. Im using retarder from Talens with both Tamiya and Vallejo paints (from non Air lines). Vallejo Air paints already have retarder in them so there is no need to add more – also despite being…[Read more]
So these are the arms to a project I’m doing with an Amazing Exia kit. I’ve trimmed the shoulders, removed material around the elbow joint to allow it to bend more, and…
Ok so… I recently spent like WAY too much on gunpla lol any who I have several kits now and 3 of them are Ver Ka. I got the sazabi, the Nu and the Full Armor unicorn(all ver ka) then I have a shin musha, an Astray red frame, andthe PG Unicorn… which should I do first??? I just don’t know lol oh and i have an hg unicorn destroy mode and the bansh…[Read more]
your back log is starting to look like mine 🙂 i would recommend the FA Uni first. then the PG YOLOcorn, then the rest of the ver ka stuff. Sazabi is a monster and a shelf destroyer so make sure u got space, now that i think about it so is the FA Uni… and i think the Nu is as well but i havent finished mine yet. I don’t do HGs… so yeah my vote…[Read more]
Haha I just bought a shelf that hopefully will hold them all! I started out doin HG.. but prob not painting cause I don’t have skill haha. I will possibly paint the shin musha but waiting on an airbrush lol my pastors gonna let me borrow it!!
Do the HG’s first. Then Red Frame (should be easiest MG of the bunch), then Shin Musha and then the Katoki hell….. Start with FA Uni, then the NU (some parts are tricky) and then the Sazabi
I’m building it at the moment and have the LED set, but can tell you that it is a great kit. The way it is put together, the amount of detail, the movement of the knee, the transformation, the weapons… In my opinion, everything is great, except the stickers…..
If you have the opportunity and like the design of the Unicorn, get it! You can…[Read more]
I don’t think I will get the LED’s if not before u put it together… I had to order off of Amazon to get the unicorn it’s self and it was way more expensive. . And the LED’s are like 150 off amazon.. hlj.com is backordered…idk what to do!!!
Like I said, it is not that hard to put them in afterwards. And the next batch of Unicorns is scheduled for March or early April. And I guess it will be the same the LED set. It is cheaper at HLJ, that’s for sure, but you also need to take shipping costs in consideration. Depending on which side of the world you live, this could also get…[Read more]
I’ve now finished the PG Unicorn and I’d say go for it. It has such amazing engineering that you’ll be constantly entertained while building it, even without the LEDs. The LEDs look nice once it’s done but if you don’t think you’ll use them much then don’t sink that much money into them.
So the first modification in this kit bash was trying to get the sinanju stein feet onto the delta plus legs. Since both have the female side of the connection, I needed to graft the post from the bottom of the sinanju leg into a poly cap of sorts to replace the actual poly cap from the leg of the delta.
yeah there really isn’t too much you can do if you want to keep the factory gloss finish. just do you’re best to only cut away the nubs without damaging the rest of the surface. I wouldn’t use an xacto knife, though use a modeling knife and.or a sanding stick. xacto knives are just too big.
Anyways a bunch of the nubs won’t be visible with the…[Read more]
I’ve built this kit and my recommendation is sharp cutters utilizing the two cut method. Also several new razor blades and steady hands. I just try to take off as little as possible with each pass of the razor. I used an x-acto blade with pretty good results.
On a side note don’t be to disappointed with the color of the GN cables, the promo art…[Read more]
I just finished one of these. I’d recommend a very sharp knife and a steady hand. You can make the nubs almost non-existent. There are a few fitment issues with the coating. Some pieces fit very tight, and it can be difficult to get them to snap fully into place.
Wow, I’m really impressed with that Titans paint job. The Titans scheme has always been one of my favorites from gundam, so keep up the awesome work! 😀
Just have to do one arm and the head. Then it’s on to the weapons. I’ll post some pictures soon. Have some difficulties uploading the pictures from my phone to the laptop.
I’ve painted all the parts so far, and I have to say, there are no issues whatsoever with parts not fitting or sanding parts to get them fitted after painting as is the case…[Read more]
Enjoy! this is a great kit. I built and applied the decals and topcoat. It looks great, paint isn’t needed but I would say to paint. Just to add that extra level of detail.
C’est très bien! Sorry, that’s pretty much as far as my French goes. Nice job! Just imagine how huge that piece of cloth would be in real life 🙂
Thanks a lot, and you know french words this is cool =) Yes, it would be an XXXXXXXXXXXXL Scarf 😉
You’re using the same color scheme I’m using on my ninja-esq Exia build lol. Something about the Black and red just looks good.
loool yes It’s a really nice sheme 😉 Dark with a red touch just for the bloody style 😉